Tech Watch

Chances are, if you were online yesterday you read about at least one of three things: 1. #theDress (turns out it IS blue/black), 2. Llamas on the loose! or finally, about the historic decision by the Federal Communications Commission on net neutrality In sum, the FCC’s decision approves a proposal that would treat the […]

Spokeo helps you connect with others, but if you’re planning a jaunt through Italy or an adventurous two weeks in South America, you might need help with staying connected in general. Whether you’re a skilled international traveler or just want to orchestrate a trip your family will never forget, technology is making the staying connected […]

Simply put, Aaron Patterson is a tender loving code ninja and maestro of Ruby who our developers were lucky enough to spend the day with at the Spokeo offices in Pasadena last Friday. Having originally started out coding to impress women, Aaron’s greatest love affair to date began when he learned Ruby as a mod_perl […]

Tech in Pasadena is growing at a steady rate! As the city’s tech presence grows, so does the need for great talent. We’re excited to get together with one of our neighbors, OpenX, and Innovate Pasadena, to bring LA tech talent together for a fun and informative day focused on Pasadena tech. We’ll be co-hosting […]

Spokeo co-founder and CEO, Harrison Tang, joins the ranks of many other esteemed tech leaders on the Techweek 100! The Techweek100 is an annual list of the 100 most distinguished technology organizations and their leaders, and identifies those who have made a significant impact on the technology and innovation ecosystem in which they operate. Selections […]

The recent Heartbleed bug has caused quite a stir, and with good reason. One of the basic foundations of secure Internet use over the last two decades has been the ability to send and receive sensitive data by using encryption in the form of the “Secure Sockets Layer”, or SSL, which is the HTTPS:\\ that […]

At Spokeo, a leading people search platform, we are focused on two things: making sure our product delivers on our promise to help people reconnect and participating as an active citizen in our community. Being active in our community means sometimes we’re helping kids in our area learn to code and other times it means […]

The recent “Educate to Innovate” call from the White House has prompted the nation to improve the participation and performance of America’s students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Spokeo boasts a team of extremely talented STEM professionals doing what we can to promote the next fleet of engineers. Remember our engineer themed toy-drive? […]

You may have noticed that we’ve been blogging a lot about our huge, new Famous Person search feature, which allows you to search the name of any famous person, living or dead, and quickly get tons of information (bio/timeline, news, photos, videos etc.). It’s an exciting addition to our people search site, and we’ve […]

By now you may have heard that Facebook will be switching all profiles over to their “Timeline” view in the coming weeks. It’s a big change, and, like every other big change on Facebook, one that’s guaranteed to draw the ire of tons of users (until they get used to the feature and forget about […]